Geez. I wonder if we'll even know how
to act in public any more?
We here in the UP get to be the test
case for the rest of Michigan, as we're re-opening beginning on
Friday. We'll have to wear masks everywhere we go, bars &
restaurants can only have 50% capacity, and gatherings are limited to
ten or fewer people, but that first step on the long road to normalcy
has been taken.
It's gonna be strange; that's for sure.
I don't know that, personally, my
lifestyle will change that much. After all, I've been going to work
throughout this entire shutdown. But I do know that there are people
who've been religiously sticking to safety protocols and staying
home, only venturing out to get essential supplies. That's why I'm
thinking I'll lay low when things reopen Friday. I've been out and
about in the world. There are many other people who really haven't
since mid-March.
I'll let them have their
socially-distanced fun.
One thing I do look forward to tackling
whenever would be checking items off my “stimulus list”. As you
may recall, I've started a list of locally-owned businesses in which
to spend the $1,200 I was given in stimulus money. I've been very
fortunate in that I didn't need the money to survive the stay-at-home
order, so I want to use it in the manner in which it was intended—to
help stimulate local businesses. So I have my list of things to get
in locally-owned, mom & pop stores. I'm not spending any of it
in big chain stores. They're surviving the downturn just fine. But
a lot of the downtown stores I know & love aren't, which is why
the list I've been working on is filled with places at which I can
spend the $1,200.
I know it might not make that big of a
difference, but it's something I feel kind of strongly about, for
whatever reason.
Like I said, though, I'll wait until
next week to do that. I'll let everyone who hasn't been as lucky as
me, people who've followed the rules and stayed home these past two
months, have their fun first. They certainly deserve it.
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